Saturday, May 12, 2012

Did You Kill Tatyana Tupikova?

TATYANA TUPIKOVA'S MEMORIAL PAGE (BROWN'S FUNERAL HOME)
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[[Tatyana's burial service will be at Evergreen Memorial Gardens at 1101 NE 112th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98684. It will be on Thursday, May 17th at 11am. After the burial service, family and friends will be gathering at 18615 NE 29th Ave Ridgefield, WA 98642.

A Memorial service will be held at Love of God Church, 10014 Northeast Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220 on Wednesday evening at 7pm.--Information from "Justice For Tatyana" on Facebook]]
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[[If anyone would like to make a donation to help Tatyana's family, you can do so at any US Bank. The account number is 153564700513, in care of Tatyana Tupikova.--Information From "IN MEMORY OF TATYANA TUPIKOVA" (On Facebook).]]

[[The Yo Factory in Battle Ground has agreed to having a donations box set up for Tatyana's family. They will also be matching donations up to the first $1,000.--Information From "JUSTICE FOR TATYANA" (On Facebook).]]

On Friday, May 11th at approximately 3:00 pm, Clark County Fire & Rescue... received a report from a passer-by that a body was observed in a ditch along the east side of SR503 between Eaton Boulevard and Main Street in Battle Ground, just north of the Battle Ground Cinemas. Battle Ground Police Department and Clark County Fire & Rescue responded to the scene and confirmed that the victim, a woman, was deceased.

The deceased has been positively identified as Tatyana Tupikova, a 22 year old female that lived in Battle Ground. Tatyana had been missing since the night of Wednesday May 9th, but was not reported until Thursday as a missing person.

The Battle Ground Police Department, as well as detectives with the Regional Major Crimes team, comprised of detectives from the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Vancouver Police Department and the Washington State Patrol are currently conducting an investigation into the death.

An autopsy was performed on the deceased this morning at the Clark County Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma. Detectives are seeking witnesses to any suspicious activity on the evening of Wednesday May 9th after approximately 9:00pm in the area where Tatyana was found.

The investigation reveals that the victim was an apparent pedestrian who was possibly struck by a vehicle. At this time, Battle Ground Police are investigating the incident as a hit and run.

Anyone having information regarding a suspect vehicle or witnesses are should contact Detective Joshua Phelps at (360) 342-5254 or electronically at Joshua.Phelps@cityofbg.org There is also a TIP line at www.cityofbg.org/tips where you can leave an anonymous tip.]]

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PHOTO: KATU-TV

My Original Post:

They found 22-year-young Tatyana Tupikova's body, crumpled in the grass, on the side of a rural highway in Washington State. Local and State law enforcement believe that she is the victim of a
hit-and-run.

In other words, the cops think that somebody hit Tatyana and just kept on going.

In any case, this story really bothers me.

I have hitchhiked for over eighteen-years and I was never involved in a major accident. (Although,
at this point in the investigation, I don't consider Tatyana's death to be a mere "accident.")

As far as I'm concerned (or until I learn otherwise) someone murdered Tatyana...and possibly
drove on...as if her life never meant a thing.

I visited Tatyana's Facebook pages and took a peek into the world of that sweet young lady's life.
Her pages reflect the images and words of a typical young adult...a woman just starting out:
Her last posts referred to how she wished that she could be "outside" in the nice weather instead
of stuck doing laundry and working. Her photo page includes images of Tatyana and friends...goofing around in front of the camera.

Now I look at those photos and I wonder what happened on that stretch of highway, just before
Tatyana died.

I want to know who killed her. I have a suspicion but I won't elaborate, here. But if, in fact, Tatyana is the victim of a hit-and-run...I will now ask the person responsible to turn himself or herself in to
the police.

It's bad enough that people who love Tatyana are without her, now. But you, whoever you are, have
no business disregarding what you did...anymore than you had the right to leave Tatyana to die, alone by that road.

I didn't know Tatyana. But I have stood beside country roads, rural highways and Interstate freeways for years. And I've walked, with my back to the traffic, with my thumb out...over and over again. I know that God walked every mile with me. And I believe that God's angels stayed by Tatyana after
you hit her...and they waited for you to come back.

I think that is why Tatyana's body wasn't found, right away: Because God was waiting for you to return and do the right thing.

But you didn't.

How will you live with that for the rest of YOUR life?
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7 comments:

Anonymous
said...

She is my friend... You took her from her family. Do the right thing, do what you should have done. Come forward. Because of your careless regard for her life, she is gone.... You ran and now she is gone.

This is so sad....my condolences to her family. I know her father he used to work for me as a truck driver. What a great guy he would help anybody and loves his big family very much and now this happens to his daughter..so terrible and like the person said in previous post 503 is a pretty busy road and someone must of seen something. RIP Tatyana you will be truly missed

I am sad for her family, I knew her for a short time while I worked in battle ground, she was very sweet and did not deserve this. I hope the person that did this comes forward, you need to face what you have done.

I don't think it was a hit-and run. It all sounds suspicious to me. This tragedy really struck me! I live in Battle Ground and just cannot realize that someone would do such thing! Its scary knowing that there are crazy people out there! Its scary thinking that it may of happened to me!

Ruthie Rader

This blog represents 13 years of my life. This profile helps Google (which I have been connected to since 2004) introduce me to the world. I am 62 and I am still hitchhiking around the United States. I have traveled throughout Alaska, Canada and every State in the Continental U.S. I can also be found on Facebook and YouTube. I like music, photography, political voodoo, controversial issues, travel, caffeine and cheese...but not necessarily in that order.